The
examination is organized by the IITs & IISc, Bangalore on a rotation
basis. This year, the exam is managed by the IIT, Madras. Graduate Aptitude
Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national level examination. It is conducted
to offer admission into masters & direct doctoral programmes in
engineering/technology/architecture and doctoral programme in relevant
branches of science.

• Papers:
GATE examination will be conducted for 24 subjects/papers on 2nd, 3rd, 9th
& 10th February 2019.
• Exam Mode: It
will be organized in online mode (computer-based test).
• Type of Questions: In the examination, MCQs & Numerical type questions will
be asked.
• Attempt: Candidates
can appear only in any one paper of GATE examination.
• Session: Examination
will be held in two sessions, i.e. forenoon (9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon) &
afternoon (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM).
• Duration:
Exam duration will be of three hours.
• Number of Questions: Total 65 questions will be asked in the examination.
• Marks: The
question paper will be of 100 marks.
• Section Common in All GATE Papers: It is compulsory to attempt General Aptitude (GA) section.

GATE Admit Card

• Candidates will get admit card through online mode by entering
their enrollment ID/email address & password.
• There will be no facility to send admit cards by post or email to the
candidates.
• Downloading of GATE Hall Ticket 2019 will be started from 4th January
2019.
• Before examination start, biometric information (Photograph and
Fingerprints) will be captured for randomly selected candidates.
• On the day of the examination, candidates must bring original ID proof
(specified in application) along with admit card.
• Candidates should download admit card in color print.

GATE Result 2019

• Candidates will check GATE 2019 result on 16th March
2019.
• The result will be declared only through online mode.
• It can be viewed by entering enrollment number/registration number &
date of birth.
• No result/rank will be sent through offline mode or any other mode.

GATE Cut Off 2019

The
cut off marks will be released after the result announcement for GATE
admission. Check here details about GATE cut off including releasing mode,
date, last year cut off, etc.

• It is the minimum marks which candidates have to obtain in the
examination to get admission into various PG & other courses.
• Cut off will be published through online mode according to the categories
& papers.
• Below, we have updated previous year qualifying cut off marks:

Paper

Categories

GEN

OBC

SC/ST/PH

Chemical Engineering (CH)

44.3

39.8

29.5

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

32.87

29

21

Civil Engineering (CE)

28.7

25.8

19.1

Electrical Engineering (EE)

25.2

25.2

16.7

Electronics and Communication Engineering
(EC)

25

22.5

16.6

Computer Science and Information
Technology (CS)

25

22.5

16.6

GATE Counselling 2019

• No centralized counselling will be organized by the authority
for admission to PG courses.
• Candidates have to apply separately for each IIT.
• CCMT (Centralized Counselling for M.Tech/M.Arch/M.Plan admissions) will
be conducted for admission to all NITs & several other centrally funded
Institutions.
• GATE 2019 Counselling will be started in the month of April 2019 through
online mode.
• Candidates, those have a valid GATE 2017/2018/2019 scorecard, they can
apply for counselling.
• At the time of counselling registration, candidates have to fill choices
of colleges & courses as per their preferences.
• Allotment of the seat will be done on the basis of rank, filled choices,
category, availability of seats, etc.